093_HB2567
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1 AN ACT concerning taxes.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 16-190 and 16-191 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/16-190)
7 Sec. 16-190. Record of proceedings and orders.
8 (a) The Property Tax Appeal Board shall keep a record of
9 its proceedings and orders and the record shall be a public
10 record. In all cases where the contesting party is seeking a
11 change of $100,000 or more in assessed valuation, the
12 contesting party must provide a court reporter at his or her
13 own expense. The original certified transcript of such
14 hearing shall be forwarded to the Springfield office of the
15 Property Tax Appeal Board and shall become part of the
16 Board's official record of the proceeding on appeal. Each
17 year the Property Tax Appeal Board shall publish a volume
18 containing a synopsis of representative cases decided by the
19 Board during that year. The publication shall be organized by
20 or cross-referenced by the issue presented before the Board
21 in each case contained in the publication. The publication
22 shall be available for inspection by the public at the
23 Property Tax Appeal Board offices and copies shall be
24 available for a reasonable cost, except as provided in
25 Section 16-191.
26 (b) The Property Tax Appeal Board shall provide
27 annually, no later than February 1, to the Governor and the
28 General Assembly a report that contains for each county the
29 following:
30 (1) the total number of cases for commercial and
31 industrial property requesting a reduction in assessed
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1 value of $100,000 or more for each of the last 5 years;
2 (2) the total number of cases for commercial and
3 industrial property decided by the Property Tax Appeal
4 Board for each of the last 5 years; and
5 (3) the total change in assessed value based on the
6 Property Tax Appeal Board decisions for commercial
7 property and industrial property for each of the last 5
8 years.
9 (c) The requirement for providing a report to the General
10 Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report
11 with the following:
12 (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
13 (2) the Minority Leader of the House of
14 Representatives;
15 (3) the Clerk of the House of Representatives;
16 (4) the President of the Senate;
17 (5) the Minority Leader of the Senate;
18 (6) the Secretary of the Senate;
19 (7) the Legislative Research Unit, as required by
20 Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act; and
21 (8) the State Government Report Distribution Center
22 for the General Assembly, as required by subsection (t)
23 of Section 320 of the State Library Act.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-770, eff. 8-14-98.)
25 (35 ILCS 200/16-191)
26 Sec. 16-191. Publications for Chief County Assessment
27 Officers. The Property Tax Appeal Board shall annually
28 distribute to each chief county assessment officer, free of
29 charge, one copy of the volume published pursuant to Section
30 16-190 and one copy of any other publication produced by the
31 Property Tax Appeal Board, upon request.
32 In addition, in counties with 3,000,000 or more
33 inhabitants, the Property Tax Appeal Board shall
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1 electronically distribute every 30 days to the chief county
2 assessment officer, free of charge, appeal information
3 containing the following:
4 (1) appeal year and appeal docket number;
5 (2) Property Tax Appeal Board class and requested
6 level of reduction;
7 (3) appellant name;
8 (4) permanent index number or numbers;
9 (5) scheduled hearing dates;
10 (6) final assessed value determined by the Property
11 Tax Appeal Board;
12 (7) date case closed at Property Tax Appeal Board;
13 (8) reason for action;
14 (9) intervenor name; and
15 (10) intervenor representatives.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-770, eff. 8-14-98.)
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.